The news hasn’t gone down well Former education secretary Gavin Williamson has been given a knighthood, Downing Street has said. “The Queen has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon The Rt. Hon. Gavin Williamson CBE MP,” No. 10 announced on Thursday. News of his knighthood has already proved controversial. […]
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Dominic Raab was earlier demoted and Gavin Williamson, Robert Jenrick and Robert Buckland lost their jobs Priti Patel has kept her job as Home Secretary amid a major Cabinet reshuffle by Boris Johnson. It was thought Patel might be pushed out or demoted, but it has since been confirmed that she will remain in the […]
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Gavin Williamson was earlier let go as Education Secretary along with Robert Jenrick and Robert Buckland Dominic Raab has been ousted as Foreign Secretary by Boris Johnson but has been confirmed as the Justice Secretary, Lord Chancellor, and Deputy Prime Minister. The secretary of state, who has been under fire since August over his handling […]
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This news has not yet been verified Sources allege that Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is stepping down and has given a leaving speech in his office, which comes as Boris Johnson is expected to shake up his Cabinet on Wednesday. Huffington Post’s deputy political editor Sophia Sleigh tweeted: “Source tells me Gavin Williamson has given […]
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“Honestly, I don’t know,” says social care minister Social care minister Helen Whately has said she “doesn’t know” if Gavin Williamson is racist or incompetent as the education minister continues to get skewered over a case of mistaken identity. Whatley was asked about Williamson on LBC on Thursday after it was revealed he had mistaken rugby […]
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Williamson looks to have mistaken Rashford for a completely different person Marcus Rashford appears to have laughed off the suggestion Education Secretary Gavin Williamson mistook him for England rugby player Maro Itoje – a man who looks *absolutely nothing like him*. In a recent interview given to the Evening Standard‘s Susannah Butler, Williamson was asked […]
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